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Albuquerque, NM MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 19,221
  equals Births 53,869
  less Deaths 34,648
Net Migration -1,564
  equals net International Migration 6,556
  plus net Domestic Migration -8,120

The population of the Albuquerque, NM MSA changed from 889,625 on 2010 to 907,301 in 2015 -- a change of 17,676 (1.99%). This report provides a summary of how and why the population has changed during this period and what these factors suggest about future change.

Primary Contributing Factors to Change
The primary contributing factors resulting in population change are 1) natural change (births less deaths) and/or 2) net migration. Eight tables are presented below providing annual data for each component county of the metro and metro summary. The tables provide data on the total population, births, deaths, natural change (births less deaths), international migration, domestic migration and net migration.

From 2010 to 2015 (7/1/2010-6/30/2015), natural change (19,221) exceeded net migration (-1,564); natural change has been the primary contributing factor for the total metro population change. Examine the metro by county tables below to learn about how each county contributes to the metro population growth or decline.

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Related Sections
  • Albuquerque, NM MSA S&O Report
  • State of the States -- all states interactive table
  • Metro S&O Reports -- all metros interactive table
  • CountyTrends 2010-2015 -- all counties interactive table
  • CountyTrends -- multi-sourced county data
  • Regional Data Analytics Main

Table 1. Population          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg 10-15%Chg 10-15
Bernalillo County, NM35001P0000001 664,117 669,492 672,948 674,942 675,647 676,685 12,568 1.89
Sandoval County, NM35043P0000001 132,351 134,215 135,397 136,528 137,654 139,394 7,043 5.32
Torrance County, NM35057P0000001 16,379 16,409 16,080 15,703 15,586 15,485 -894 -5.46
Valencia County, NM35061P0000001 76,778 76,908 76,678 76,329 75,833 75,737 -1,041 -1.36
Total P0000001 889,625 897,024 901,103 903,502 904,720 907,301 17,676 1.99
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Bernalillo County, NM35001B0000001 8,536 8,433 8,470 8,267 8,061 8,059 41,290 
Sandoval County, NM35043B0000001 1,488 1,601 1,474 1,444 1,461 1,449 7,429 
Torrance County, NM35057B0000001 164 173 172 141 137 139 762 
Valencia County, NM35061B0000001 864 966 907 871 813 831 4,388 
Total B0000001 11,052 11,173 11,023 10,723 10,472 10,478 53,869 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Bernalillo County, NM35001D0000001 4,628 5,039 4,970 5,093 5,408 5,477 25,987 
Sandoval County, NM35043D0000001 640 951 888 992 1,015 1,024 4,870 
Torrance County, NM35057D0000001 48 140 163 145 144 153 745 
Valencia County, NM35061D0000001 356 584 589 599 638 636 3,046 
Total D0000001 5,672 6,714 6,610 6,829 7,205 7,290 34,648 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Bernalillo County, NM35001NC000001 3,908 3,394 3,500 3,174 2,653 2,582 15,303 
Sandoval County, NM35043NC000001 848 650 586 452 446 425 2,559 
Torrance County, NM35057NC000001 116 33 9 -4 -7 -14 17 
Valencia County, NM35061NC000001 508 382 318 272 175 195 1,342 
Total NC000001 5,380 4,459 4,413 3,894 3,267 3,188 19,221 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Bernalillo County, NM35001MI000001 780 830 1,169 1,165 1,332 1,389 5,885 
Sandoval County, NM35043MI000001 48 56 62 62 80 84 344 
Torrance County, NM35057MI000001 28 22 20 26 28 31 127 
Valencia County, NM35061MI000001 28 38 34 37 46 45 200 
Total MI000001 884 946 1,285 1,290 1,486 1,549 6,556 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Bernalillo County, NM35001MD000001 1,500 1,389 -1,167 -2,337 -3,067 -3,144 -8,326 
Sandoval County, NM35043MD000001 2,128 1,047 560 573 468 1,145 3,793 
Torrance County, NM35057MD000001 -136 -22 -368 -405 -131 -120 -1,046 
Valencia County, NM35061MD000001 272 -253 -586 -673 -715 -314 -2,541 
Total MD000001 3,764 2,161 -1,561 -2,842 -3,445 -2,433 -8,120 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Bernalillo County, NM35001MN000001 2,280 2,219 2 -1,172 -1,735 -1,755 -2,441 
Sandoval County, NM35043MN000001 2,176 1,103 622 635 548 1,229 4,137 
Torrance County, NM35057MN000001 -108 0 -348 -379 -103 -89 -919 
Valencia County, NM35061MN000001 300 -215 -552 -636 -669 -269 -2,341 
Total MN000001 4,648 3,107 -276 -1,552 -1,959 -884 -1,564 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Bernalillo County, NM35001GQ000001 11,962 11,990 11,964 11,947 11,953 11,943 -19 -0.16
Sandoval County, NM35043GQ000001 761 761 761 761 761 761 0 0.00
Torrance County, NM35057GQ000001 615 615 614 615 615 615 0 0.00
Valencia County, NM35061GQ000001 1,529 1,529 1,531 1,546 1,540 1,544 15 0.98
Total GQ000001 14,867 14,895 14,870 14,869 14,869 14,863 -4 -0.03

Source: developed by ProximityOne based on Census Bureau and other data.
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